North Carolina Newspapers

. - . " " '.. - ; - . . " ' ' ' . -' . ' " ; j ' - ; " ; ' - ") f- ' ""i j "" " . -- 1 .THE WA-TCHMAI. has 50 per cent, more than any THE WATCHXJAIJ is the Organ of th Farmers' Alliance in 6 th and -7tb , - sion.l "iT.,t t--;f oth?r paper published in Salisbury, ana , ihereforo the .test ad- yertisingmeaiu roL;liitV-:THlBD:SERIES. SALISBURY, N C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1892. V ,t" 1 li p F FO 1 1 11 WW !) "(p ii in $ in : - :- 'What is , iff llw y 3 Fl v xi A Castoria is Ir. Samuel Pitcher's prescription fcr Infanta andCbPdren. It contains neither Ovinia, Morphiao nor xarcolic substance. It is a hurmlesir substitute vi ; i fc---- - i for Paregoric, Drops, Soo'thing It is Pleasant. Its -narantcc Millions of Ilotiicrs. Castoria thb Motl:er3 , -Friend. - . ! Castoria. "'Castoria iaso veil fwiJl'ed tochflilron tint I recommend itc&supcrior to any rrcriiitioa kno-a to-ise." H- A- Aaca:i, M. L, 111 So. Oxford St., Knxilrn, N. "V . wThetimof 'Criteria' i-5 rn universal xia ft merit w well kr.avro th.-.t it uoawoi k of miirocation to It. ;,iE!ycTOtrfi.r.-.y;.-sv.o do net kP Ctr -irithin evsj. reacli." - Hew York City. - -T Craraim l?r to tret ths bene vain lor your- money, EronomiE In yjonr footwear by purcbaslac V. L. Oouzlas Khoem, which rejrresent tbo frcpt valii for i-ricen asked, as thauaanxi iiiTiiMri'l. a s THE BEST SKOiS f S TUE WSftlO F33 TB5 MC?l!r. A ernolne efwed p&op. t trf.'l not Hp, f.n ralf, saarolena, gmootti. liil,1 3, trxlT-la, .more c.)ra.T lortable, ftvl'tvand rtm ablothaa any other sboe ctct sold at the t rice. Ef;uai5u6toin laado fiiioc; ccstlasf f'om SI to 6- r and 5 Tlnnd-wrctl, fmecalf stoes. Tb- SJfS tnoststvi:.i,rne- end tl!irbl3 Fii.ca over old t the price. !iUy equal llza lm:ortJi Ehoes costlcj rom-$to12- . . . fQ SO I'oIIpo 01?p. ty farmers and ll Os others wbo &?. a p'd heavy calT.ihre.5 potod, exteniin edge sh'ic, eay-to wfcDt la, au will licor) the fet dry warm. ffiA SS Fin C!f, S2.tl5 end 8.00 XVot'j: i4sa Jnernjpn';hoo: will give more wear for lha Bioiiey than any other make. Tiiey ftro made for aer vlca. The Incrensing sales show tliat -wcrklngma tiave found Jh'1: out. Bt..,c- -i.0-cnd-ynt!! Sl.f5 Schaol UV .-Uoc pre vrorn by t!ii bovs vrry Trhere. The jioe4 srvkn-able shoe sold at thf prices. tUaUsCvr and 1.75 fctoea fo 11 isBfs ore made of t he best Dousola cr fie Calf, as Ceslred.-Tbey are very ntvlfcth, comfortable aad dura lle. The4!3.'j(shooetit'al'scUBtomnadeDhotseostlDt!f fronj 34.00 to (63.00. Latiies who yyislx toecencmize ia Hicir iootweamro findinz t bis out. Caatioa. W, h. ivifglai?.' name sad tha price is Stamped oa the bottom cf ach flroe; look for It when yon bay. Be'.vareof dealers fittmrtlnjt to p.ub t it ute other makes for them. Sueh eutstiM!tioiiB a.vo fraudulent and hubjiict to prostwutlou by law lor ob taining money trader talse preteucB. XV, h. lOl ClA, Broylitoni Blesc. Sold by 'Tfl. S.BKOV.lM . WasiMtoa-M Ins. Co. OF MEV,' YC! COIfDSIJSSD STATEMENT. JANUAUY 1ST, . Assets, , - . - r"- ... $11,459,(8 Ueservi'il for polities, N. Y. .- Standiinl 1 ! er cent., and alt liabilities, New ttisumnce, 1891 , -outstanding 4 insurance, paid. Policy-holders in lt;0l; puiJ Polii-y-holders since or ganizatibn, -Income, l8'Jl -' - 11 70?. 2,5 20 25 Il.7t;0:.Ul - 50.5tf,'i22 Ijin.UM 45 - 20.6:i.",r:i nr 2.081,435 74 Assets Invested as' Follows: Loans. secured lv mortgages on Real Kstatc, tTrst liens, New York Citv bonds, Brooklyn waeer bonds, -y Hichmond, (Va ) bonds, -Loaua to Pplicy-holJers onlV's Policies, - - - , Collateralfloaiis, -Heal Kstate, cost S alue, -Cmsh in bank and trust Co.'s, Interest accru'2't, premiums de ferred and iu tiasisit, ctc.j 0,0-41,192 92 271,832 50 144y IOC 10,300 2-78,7.19-34 3500 50 LSI 55 247,708 410,(67 77 - . - ' ?1!,459,G38 7S For agencies atrd other particulars, address, p. D. ub vk;:, , special District ' A get., - ' ' . Kaleijrh.X. C. I X . i m fix - 7 . A. 5 . svr J - M STATESYILLE Is the"Plac8 to Get Monuments, Tombstones, &c a large siock oi v r.Kiiu.N r MARBLE to arrive in a few days We guarantee tjsfacticu in -every respect and positively will not be undersold. raniieiiMoniiments Of air;,"1- n, specialty C. JS.ly Matl?a tlie'.Vuiiiaaa a Lea yoa write .Syraps,' is thirty ycarj 5.i TTCrt ItV" 13 lac c:iuarc ..4 :s Panacea Castoria. CanToria cares Colic, QoBsliration, 3;ur Eto:cac!i liirrhopo, Emrtation, VTitLout iajuriocq rr-odicatioa. " Tor several ye.r3 I havo recommended rour .CA-swria,' tad uh0! always coijfcinu U do so uk it Las iavsa-iiiWy produoftd boiwdci Kdwis F. riKr, K. D., f!5th Stiwt and TUi Avc Xow York CJiy Ooast, 77 XciaAT Bmsxr. Heir Ycax Crrt 1" MOT HERS 7 FRIEND" To Young S Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, 9 Endorsed by the Leading Physicians. '$ BKAOFEELD -RSCULATOR CO. I ATLANTA, Ca. SGttD IiY ALL DRUGGISTS. Mrs; E. J. Uowell, Medford, Mass., say3 ccr mcther has been enrol of ScTofula by ths uso ofour bottles c ipj er having had rauch ether treat- jpg tg-fia xacst, and bei3 rediiced to qtiltc a 1ot7 condition cf health, as ttj vraa thought she could not livc - Cured my littla boy of hsrsdl-whicaap- scrofula f cn.rcd all c a year I had facc. For given rip all hop iry, -hca finally of his I was Induced TlSOfSSS A few bo """ tthis cured him, and no cyinptcras of t!io disease remain. Slits. T. L.-HATiiE:Rq, atatherville, Miss. OurbookjnElooJais;lS'iiinr)ie-is(-sm-iilc(tfrce. SwiET SfBCiTlC Co.. AUaata, Ca. Q irv ri-w BdLB cfiy ca n.n untl-billotis ru-i aatl-malarli in frcelr.3 tlio rystr.nv of biliocsnessSiil end nairtria. ! ono llrjing la slionld bo Trtthoni thcia. IJ-.eii" nso -iv prevents attitcT:3 f cliill3 and fever, f dumbnjne, biliovs cnlio, and gives Kj? . - - . r.. f the system strmrrf H to rcsitc au tno iTevil3 if an unheal; by and impure at- Jiaosphere. Klesroitly sarar-coatcL ' Price, S5c. Oflice, CO i'ark tlaco, N. Y. O O-O.Q O Q Q Norfolk Alliance Exchange 11 and 13 Comierca St,, j aSTorfolk, ""a., Owned and controlled by Alliancemcn for handling produce. COTTON A SPECIALTY. Don't sell before writing for par- tieulars to J. J. ROGERS, Mgr. P. O. Box 212. B.WEBB CO., . rt:orniTOK. j. r:t- r-i ; ; w -I V" v 1 111 ' 11 1 in k w CURES pPflpIl I r hia TcVV-L ftSj rccOT Tim ARIZONA KICZKB: No. 11. We are not the c?it tr of The Kicker, who is also mayor of the town, slate scuator and tlte owner of the fust st runriing luule in the terri tory. We are not the hors editor on t salary of jnue dollars per week. We are not the marine etiitur 011 a "salary j . . . of seven dollars. We ire Hmrtlv the agricultural editor on a salary of six J ! I I . . . k y' ! i . 11.! . uouais, out .'gamine pn it an tne ume. To' us ha fallen the sad duty of detail ing the occurences which caused such intense excitement iu he town h.st Saturday, and which have been tele graphed all over the country. This duty devolves upon us because -the ed itor i in bed with a Jjuife wound iu his right side; the horse editor is laid up with a bullet hole through his hand; th" marine editor ii nursing a gash in elset k,and we are temporarily in charge of the greatest family new.sp;ijer iu t-he west -subscription price two dol lars prr year, strictly in advance It is a well known fact that the ed itor ami proprietor of The Kickkh has ;or several iars pos.-re.-sei! a umvuI-j graveyard, li-; beau with .one "plant,' Miu unier i lie most aaverse circum--.tauce,-but by the exercise of diliyen-jr. jx-rseveranee and good judgment, In had, up to a year iigo,' increased tin number to t:n. Two years, ago he !oujht an acre of sandy ground aud inclosed it with a neat picket fence. The ground was sodded and set out ith shrubs, vines and lioweis, tht graves were placed in regular older oi vseh saie.ttf jhe llialil avenue, and tl." sjot has really Jbeen theonly one in neighborhood to interest sightseer.-. It is ine only private editorial graveyaru ill thewest, and the only recrcati"t; our chief has had for two years i);isf was in-working about the, enclosure wttii spade and raiie. Last March, wjien the tenth mis- guded .eriuer was laid awvjiy to lvst, our chief expressed the earnest hope that he voulu be the la;t. Had yien were get iug scarce, our e.-teemed contemponm vViisu't wortii powder and lead, and it lid sti-ni as if -the. hope of the great ed itor might, be realized. But 1 1 ; e skelt tn pi' rate was stalking ov.r the moun- tins and rattling its boi.es as it Lead ed this' way. Last Friday night there or-.vr'd in this town a man named Jim Kelso. He w.is from ilard vilh', ovei by the Black mountains. Ko one ".lows exactly whv he came, but he was MZ d by everybody as a bad mai, iturday renoon iit 10 j clock, as our .met was about to enter j 11 1 aickku jQice, lie found t he -st ranger at the iuor. inside t he xdiice tiie horse ed- ir wa,- thohiiig fr ;i half column a;- licle on the mule as a factor in jcivili catioii. The marine edilor was pre- anng statistics to prove that tleaiiit r Jl'aWing eight feet of Wider could no' ' i a r i i nil f . ,ass over the -l-to )t. siioalsot the Li-ttie COi or. d rivt r, ;ii;d the agricultural ed tor (;h;iis oswsc'f ) was finishing up .n article dcs.iued ti) revomsionize tin j;.ca;s industry of the great west. Ah a is pe cji'ni mid serene; IIE WAS" AFTER RICH RED EDITORIAL DLOOD. Our chief as has bet-n hinted at on wool three piwious Occasions, has cout r.icted a curious habit. If standing on the .-tneet to converse with a man lie instinctively or intuitively, or what ever it may be called, spits totuicco juiee ou that man's boots. It is sim liy a h-ibit or notion. He does not liiion when he does it, and thi action has no meaning. The stranger stopped aim to ask about real estate matters. and they had Hot been talking over a -ninute vv hen our chief expectorated T it ter.his usual fashion. Mr. Kelso at lice whipped out a bowie knife a i i u jrocecded to busimss. lhe horse cdi- tor and the marine editor rushed out a the first alarm, aiid for a moiheni things were mixed up. Our chief was ueelcd as usual, but didii t want to shoot unless obliged to. He. cravvfish- ed half way across the sheet, tryinj. to explaiu as he tell hack, butMr. Kel so wouldn't have it. lie was aft-r fid ed editorial bloo 4 and when it was i . i . i i . sren that nothing else would satisfy him h was drooned m his tracks. 11 1iad woundea all three men and was i ul I y bent on murder. A coroners m- s qust was held in the afternoon, and of course our chief was fully exouera ted, while not seriously wounded, he was advised- to remain qutet for a few days. Acting under his instructions we-called upon re'e lay lor,- the pope. 4ar u ideiiaker snid had the late decea sed fixed nr. with one of those favorite -527.50 coifins, hind five can tor a iunerai processsion, ana he was buried in the private gravevard and mound temporarily marked .No. 11 Within a month he will have a hand some headboard, which will harmon nize niththe other ten and, the trail ing arbutas will be in training to tr. i ovr his last resting place. iXO one can regret this; nor more deeply -than our chief He didn't want to do it, -but had to No. 11 was sim ply iorcea uion nun. wnite no one but the small fouled, weak brained chicken hearted editor.of the alleged weekly sheet down the' street blames him in the least, he feels that Mr. Kelso-may not have been prepared for his sudden trip, and that iV might have bjen better to run away. It w II be noticed that we yere not in it. Our excuse is that we aire purely an agri cultural editor un a moderate salary, an I our ways are full of peace and hu mility. 'We love our chief and are toyai to him, but we hate our limit. II w Teoplo Used to Live.. 1 he departm't of ngricuitureisahoul to publish an iuten-stmg report con parjng the cost of Hying early in ti? cnt.iry with what it is noy. It ex hibits vivilly the contrast between the poverty of primitive ui?ricnlf ur sn.tl the pre -cress of - civilization and weaiin resulting iron, hi jh develoHueiit oi an me jjossjbilities 01 land and lal,oi 111 rural and iridusttial arts and iinltist- tries. 'The filial 1 wages paid in ths days are surprising as the low priieof coiiinioditiea'of all sorts. U.une was abundantly early in the ceu:ury and therefore cheap. Venison cost only three and -a hall ci-irs a pound. Uear meat was veiy lifiitly higher. Pigeons were in abuud;-u(-e, selling at a lit tie more than accent apa ce. El icrly leaders will remember the fights of flocks of "pigeons vhich darkened ; he skies even as late as fifty years ago. Shad were very cheap, costing only "Ur cents each, flaying to the plenti ful supply ol gamt, tanned skins wen low in priep. A deer sskin fetched about $1 to 2. Milk sold lor 2 cents a quart and butter for thirteen cents a pound. Apples were from twelre and a half to twent v-tive cmU a bushel, but by lb2J they had reached fifty cents. Farm wanes were only about one third of what they are now, ranging fiom twenty-three to fifty cents a day. rAom $4 to $5 a month was the 'usual cotnpensation of well grown lads. One hundred years ago the remunera tion of a boy for doing "chores," such is cutting wood and foddering horses one ear was ordinarily $5. The use f oxen for a day cost twenty-five cent--, while the use of a cow fur oise year cost $2. It cost sixty cents to make a pair of shoe--. The price of a :i pair ol mocca-ius was twenty seven cents. Board w;is only one dollar a week. That was the day of individual and isolated effort, antedating the era of aggregation in factories, classification and division ol labor and invention of labor saving processes and appliances. Prices of farming products fluctuated great, according to local scarcity, which could not be mitigated bv dls- ribuli ui from iv-mohs of plentv. If here were big crops they could not h old; ii partial failures there was al- nost untiling to sell. Every locality, in its industries and if-uiKi-, exiMeu tor i!h1 Ijv itselt, hav- iug no relation with otber comiuuni n-s; tlierefore the surplus production f each farm was small,, the induce- m-'iit to proiiuct' Iteing wanliiig, anu here was very little money to pur-lia-e any thing more than the haiv lOCCeSaries. The iudustrintis family imt an aiiuua.iucH or everything it on Id grow, such clothing a- the loom of the household could prolucp, such furniture as could be maueou the place r 4!i th? uciL'hhnrhood and little else. A'eif York Teleqrum. -avt a r ruin a War limes sawbones. "The most terrible exhibition of bar iaric cruel tv 1 wifcues-ed during the war occurred at Richmond, Kv," said Captain J. E. Elgin, of Louisville. '"1 was with the gallant John Morgan, and more s the pity that the brutality I refer to was perpetrated bygone of our men. He was a young surgeon, lust ut of m medical college, and his blood was aflame with ardor for the Confed eracy. When the battle was over was placed in charge or a hospital 11-1 A 1 l corps, we were going over the held. t T .1 ministering to the dead and dying, and my attention was attracted to the pit nous w-aiis oi a man close to the line oi ip i i i i i- the Federal intrench ments. There was such a distressful pathos in his ries that I hurried to him. When got close enough to distinguish his words I heard him plead: "For God's. -ake, doctor, kill me! Don't cut my egs off and leave me a cripple.1 "At a glanc ' 1 saw vhat was goir gI on. l he pieauiug urn; was a union rn i l : . . i . . soldier with a slight tiesh wound in the ' high of the right leg, which diabled liiiti temporarily only. His tormentor was the enthusiastic vouug surgeon who had just joined ourcominand. The juvenile re pro oat e naa aeiiot-raieiy bound the poor devil to a log. and was reisurely preparing to saw oft his left leg for no other reason in the world i han that he wanted to disable the sol dier for fort her service during the war. He had si a ped the man's leg bare to the thigh, ued a string around it sever al inches above the knee, ;uid had marked off with the point of his knife a streak around the leg where he in lended to make the ampuUtion. "My duty Wiis plain. At first 1 thought to' shoot the inhuman monster down in his tracks, but I realized that the punishment would be sutlicientlv severe when John Morgan and Basil Duke learned of his offense, so I placed him under arrest, inarched Irim up be fore those men and told them what 1 had prevented him doing. He was uromntlv put in chains, a court mar tial soon tried him and sentenced him to be shot. Sufficient influence was brought to bear, however, to save his life, though he was discharged from the army." St. Louis Chronicle. Lost Children in Big Stores. "Are many babies lost in the Li 4 stores?" The floor walker stocd beside a num ber of bolts of cloth. It was in one ec the b;g stores in Fourteenth street. "Lome with ui?, he said. I When we Imd arrived at the rear of the store he carefully opened a door leadlug ton small rotwu. There, on b soft lounge, nil cuddlrd up, asleep and evidently drearaiitg, was a dear child with golden hair. "The child' explained ti e floor walk- ei, ieiougs tt some worn, .n now simp- i pnig in tins place, tolie is wandering riund from counter to counter nd iias temponirilv forgotten her dear lit le Willie. Ve found the child aslee" near thi clevator,tired out apparently. "And you will tak care of it until she conies back, eh "r1" . "We will, we have a number of chil hen to look after each day. Some areimilliou pounds .o.st, some forgol ten, but the mammas 1 dl come back iu due season." paid hy-the principal mills as cbmpar- Just then there was a suppressed ea with those paid for the previous ejaculation at the door, something that half year, it seems that of the ten lar- sounded like: gest mills only two paid dividends un my deardarlingchildchildchild!" J der 10 per cent, for the six months, A woman bounded into the room, white others paid 25, 2), 19, 18, 15. 12, Such kissing18uch hugging, you never nd 10 per cent. In the previous hsdf saw in all your horn days! year the highest diyidend was 13, while 4,It was like this," the woman aid. in only two mills was it over 10. The "I left the dear boy just one tiny ruin- explanation of this sudden prosperity ute to look at some bargains in laces, is said to be a succession of good rice Then Mrs. Gamp came up, and, and of crops, accompanied by high prices for course 1 had to talk to her. Time flip- grain, and a great improvement in silk ped by ; it was almost an hour before I J ever thought of dear little Willie again. 4'Well,"said the floor walker smiling, 'he.is safe. ' Then the woman went away with her prize, saying something at each step that sounded like: "0-h, m-a-m-m-a's dear l-t-t-l-e lost b-o-y! I w-i-1-1 n--vM" New York Herald. Mras Kis Loj;ic Good. A greasy looking tramp, who has lived in City Hall Paik for three years, and whose feet have become as hard as rocks from the frequent rappings from the clubs of the sparrow police man, took four five cent whiskies the other day and mustered up courage enough to march to the Mayor's office. le had a paper in his hand, lhe door keeper nabbed him and asked him what ie wanted. "1 wish to see Mayor Grant,' he said loft il v. "What about?" "That's my business." "Well if it is vour business it isn't niulic DUMness; git: . sy I wih to enrich the community to me amount, of All right hand me a check for it." No, that won't do: I want to give thecoinmunity $1,000 and get $500 iallge." "What's your scheme?" "hVad what it says in that pttptr." ind he pointed to the following pam jjraph: 'Reliable statisticians have calculat- 1 1 i lit 1 .1 ... 1 iw.r ui nr' iMit r litniiwrrfiiii wiifi I7l UIKU I I. I 1 IIUHIV IMIUUlllUlIt otties into the country is worth $1,000 to the community. "Well?" "I'm an adult immigrant, ain't I?" "I suppose so. What of it?'1 "Well, I'm worth $1,000 to the com munity, and I propose to get lome of it or I'll get hunk." How?" Well, if the community doesn t pay me $5,00 I'll eo.back. There's a clear .fill, ,.t &ri(10iii fbi rlnl fiir flip POtll- M,.i,lv. f, ., nb.ii, business nronosi- tion. Here am 1 benehtingthe city to the extent of 1,000, duly certified r. to by official statisticians, and I don et a penny out of it for mvselt. "Move on!" New York Herald. A Victim of Marriage. "Hain't bin ary cyclone a seootih round these parts, has they stranger?" "Not unless she got by when my back was turned." "Nary catamount with her back up, lookiu' fer trouble?" "Not lately." "Nary compound extract of .Calani nit.v Jane en wholesale destruction?" "Naiy." "Then I reckon I kin stop en breathe j myself. j "Broke a faro bank at The Colonel's Own hist night,en my wife's been arter me ever since with three Knives, two puns an1 her dander up. Say, I'm lay- P . . w -r - i . ,11:1.1. in low, 1 am. li'Z wants a caunser dress,ualligator grip an a dimun ring, 'long with a ticket to Tombstone, so's she kin run down en see her iuik. l don't object to seiidin' her up the road, but I've got my eye on the bank at Jupiter Jouees'. an' it'll take every dol lar I've got to bust it en throw in a o-ilt -pdire. double-header, toot. But that's the way with wimmen. No bW ,,f what's what. Ai 't married V v - be ye?" " Veil, I guess not." t' Yoiing feller, yer in big luck, 'cause fiislfriafrt is a failure, blamed if 'taint. Say, -I'm gom overt Jupiter s an you rn counter ot a blizzard in petti co;.trunnin that way, kindly lead er off en tell ,er you saw me niakin' fur the Colonel's Own, an' obliged t1 ye. Day, stranger." Dutroit Fret Press. A New Market for Cotton. The completion of the Nicaragua ca- t .. Mtii.u iin now ni irL'ic fur mr i i : uimai uorii no iiiiiinviw iwi uwi . ' rK :. : a i. southern couou. lb is impoasiuie iu estimate the ex e it of the demand , . V ,, e m it, which would come from China and Ja- . - -i -. p,n. inecoitonpnn ng inuus ry Janan h .d a noiiod of tTf i-unniiiiarv eTliiioniinarv activity during the first hall of thecui rent vtar. The mills in that neriod pr. - duced 52,000.tHK) pannds of ' yaru asjainst 44,000,(KX) during the 4Whole of 1801, nd 42,0(X),0p0 during the whole of 1SC0. Tlie thirty-five pin ning mills worked on an average 182 days during tlie six months. The noi- Wr of hands enudoved was 41,430. of wnom iu.uiu were women. li! spite of the larce production, the. demand was greater than the supply, and at the end of tlm half year the shocks of yarn were very small, while the mills were engaged in doing work ordered from three to six months be forehand. The total priduction-of the year is expected to reach a hundred ...:n:.. Jbrotn a statement of the dividend culture and the price in foreign couu- tries for Japane$esilk. Dismissed. A lady with a long train to her dress was walking along the street when an old colored man stepped on her train -.1 i . i r . l ?i I li . mi wun uo'.n reer, tearing it uauiy. ine lady was very angry, and had the old man arrested for teing disorderly. "What has the prisoner been guilty ofi asked the judge. "He was disorderly, your honor." "Who is the complaining witness? "Here, your honor," and a lady wis brought forward and regularly sworn She told with much asperity how the old man at the bar had stepped on the tram of her dress, tearing it, ami when he saw the damage he had done, instead of apologiziug, he had triKl to get away. "Who represents the prisoner? "He pleadghis owu cause." The old man was brought forward, a mild mannered old iellow, wearing spectacles and looking the embodiment of good nalured dignitv. "It's dis way, jedge, conceinin dis lady. Here's a s posable case: S pose I ... ..II- A jm. . 4 I A .A . V. . t i i h aia fiiuti v iir m i r-r-n hi in v tLUakt. i ., . . 8,Fie-l """"" u-j y leet, as proaa us a peacocK, neuer looivin beliint, and dat htdy come and an les plant her two dnar little sweet bits of feet on dat coat tail, you t iiik 1 goui to make a fuss an get dat nice Udy 'rested? Yon t 'ink sojedge." "I think," said the. complaining wit ness at this moment, "that I have made a mistake. If the case is dismissed. I wilt pay the costs." The case was dismissed. Macon Tele- 1 , (Jralm' Lime as a Lauul Improver. Good farmer have always had' high opinion of lime as an ltupruvtrof lana. mi? mis oeen a popular ucnei from time immemorial, and, as we are learning me reason oi many uungs that have been practicedTor centuries without knowing whv they were use- f,.l und valuable, the old practice is I :o,'K.4 l, H nf Him ivbr unrl U ,uv,. .... . . l Lime is rauch more soluble in coldl8!" ww"lu.,uc.c"fcU?fc" .!f1,,ltu Water than iu warm. Therefore this l leed, but sciea ti.st saj it wi 1 not tl is the right season of the year to apply ;n uu, ,ri .n if mdv lmvlv His. solve during the winter and exert its beneficial effects upon the soil, ft l,,s been shown by recent chemical iuves tigations that carbonate of lime and the quick Iimeused by farmers soon be comes carbonated alter exposure to the soil, full of decaying vegetable matter, producing carbonic acid is indisieus- ahle for the existence and action of the nitrogen producing microbe that so richly fertilizes the soil. Besides, the lime acts upon the turner al matter of the sou dissolving suicaiiiau is iu com- binatiou with nearly every kind of mineral plant food in the land, and thus making these elements available for crops. It also decomposes organic i Taiue th.tn is possessed by either sing raatter that may be in the soil in the I jy no nianure can be a compltte fer- form of unexpended manure or decay- ing weeds that have b-een turned under, or the roots and waste of previous crops and makes these, too, available. All this being so, what more useful ferti lizer can the farmer apply to the land to increase his crops? But one thing is not to be neglected. If lime thus acts, as we know it does, the farmer must give it plenty of jit i terial to work upon. Otherwise the 1 ., ... , ' , i.i .1. j sod wi become cpnckly exhaust,! just as a gold mine will be when dyna mite is used tor oreaKing down ine oie and by its tenfold strength depletes the minp with eouivaleut rapidity. The land of the farmer, however, U better f thaI1 tiie best gold mine that ever ex - . for the more it worked iu the right way, the richer and more lasting it leconi' s. New York Times. 1'itiil Affairs. Washington. Nov. 30. The Pos - offi.ee Ddp irtm t ha author z?d the establish tneuiot an aliitJond daily Ibin of raihv.iV postal cars on the mail . ' , , . a: T)lt. rout from Lyuchbarg to rt U n- viilp Va over t he Ui.hmo id and Dan- v v! ur ' f . i,hin-il w IU r nl-.):i L an I a similar aad tional m - - - Ci;rlott, i - - . - over the same Oud. i Uiajrarii In riarmiw. The month of JuIy,iS03,isexpt.ti to niuk a new - in the manutac, luring world, for the Cainir struction Comijany hope lo have thpir .uauiuium mrmne wheels and monger dynamos at work forth. 4?"??. "w e,r Power." More than 9.uuu.mju and many lives beu sacrificed to this liarnmsim. iK mihty Niagara to serve thei: nuc- tiuiugworIifand the enterprise i. now ofter nearly two years' work, drawing near completion. Kowheie in the civilized world has any hydraulic work of such maimiind. U.n- ..u,n.ni.J owhere else are there wheel pits : 160. ftiet deep and wheelscapable of develop- mg 5,0J0 horse power. The c:.ntn.: for the water wheels luis been awarded and calls for two superimposed turbine. wneeis or 0,UUU-horse power each, to" cost in the neighborhood of $200,000, ' ' "' '" .in., mil -3iJ' A Smart Younjr JJan, . i MrGolnani So you sent voiir son i.v i.-cw xorK iu earn nw living. Farmer Hayseed You see. - it was. "Paw, Hike th'city, and I'll go into tne city ana sell what you raise on the ole farm," say he Yott ship me all your truck, and I II sell it on coui- - ..... mission, says be. Mr. Gotham Ah, he b'Ctuie a commission merchant then? - farmer Hayseed In a small way, yes. 1 ou sew, he doesn t get any goods to sells tr. Mr. Gotham he got along? -I see. Well, how has Farmer Hayseed Fairly . well. I should say. I m still workiu thefarm but he's got a mortgage on it. Good News. ' X Machine for Burma? Weed. An Australian exchange describe a machine in use there this season for burning weeds and utilizing the ashes. It consists of a large sheet iron tauik mounted 011 three low wheels. It is covered over with V shaped barsof iron, with an inch of space between each bar, a flange of sheet iron is attached to the top, extending outward about two feet all round. The tank i drawn by one horse attached to a wire ropn twelve or fourteen feet long, The weds along tences are cut and dried on the ground. Then the tai Hs h.mled along and- A- -tha dry vveeds are forked in at the top and kept in a constant blaze. The aske fall through the bars undone ready for use as a fertilizer. To Tske Off Old Pal it t. It is very seldom now that you see a painter burn oh! old paint with a spirit lamp or tore 11, tiiougu in ere are sun a. 1 1 . i j. 1 a .-is few who stick to the old method. The easiest way to clean paint off wood, or even racial, is to mix utue ana sal o a pretty thickly in water and then apply freely witn a brush. Alter a nort m . ' . t I 1 .Ami 1 time tlve paint can be scraped cfl with a lout difficulty. Any amateur can use I this recipe: only a uiixtur.will reroova lu i,om me Hands or iut even more rapidly than it will remove paint from i wood or aietal. St. Louts U lobe-Dan locra. Comet Will Miss Us. I NEW IORK, Nov. 21. The COmet 13 I .i u ..-n. -... i.:a:- come into collision with the earth as it intersects our orbit. Professor J. K. ft bP J be able to tell by the, tter part of the week whether the nery traveler i oieia,s comet or a . u-iw one. The Biela's comet was discovered in 1823by en Australian, after whon it was named. It appeared in 1832 and 1830, and was last seen in 1852. The Cure of Manure. Evenolid manure reau ires care. If the solids are massed together and le- J come Verv dry they will iKissess but lit e vam butcan t.e preeryeu y the ;ditijn of absorbents, which permit of mjxing both the liquids and solids iu a m!U1ner impart to the whole a greater sxlXiX that does not contain all the requisites as plant food,7 hence absorb- entg add to the manure as well as pre- rve ft., . - 1 m . I Jumbo's Succour. P(inr rnmun Avhosedenarture.from the Zoological Gardens for America, where I be mvi so untimely a death and wa.- at - 1 one lime a question oi uiisorimig inierwa has a.woriny success ,r. aays vue w u Da v News. Jung l'aslm, the elephant - wasttt oue time quite a dwarf com pared witu the departed favorite, lie nau rowa and grown, however, uutil at the present moineut lie measures oidy three tul i J JU,ubo' lu' BUUI CVM1UIV. ,Mjv-, ,. f. , .l. : . ...... I.. rivery tiay tne majesnc oc at uj seen in the liegeutpark gardens, malk- ing with stately tread round tne rouna, currying fuli complement on hi back of little boy and ;,r,s wl,d wn up ie.p Alice, JumWa pwrtner in cp livi tied aloiU five cars ago la the . ...I.. . f .- a In am- aoii.-io wucio vuufi imbitalton is the favorile rn n eroi., whohasbeeii fur tweaty eigh yfnn-t. iheZ m. This U the lonaet time an n im.ilofthis kind has ever l.ved in cap tiviiy, at all event iu Loudou. lhcra w; s formerly one in .-'..Regent park for lueiity three years. (Bdfsa Cry forPitcherfsJPnt